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Table 2.

Regulation of infection, inflammation, and allergy by DF and SCFAs

Diseases	Exacerbation	Protection	References
Infection by extracellular pathogens		C. rodentium C. difficile	^6,45,133
Infection by intracellular pathogens		Influenza virus Respiratory syncytial virus Listeria monocytogenes Salmonella typhimurium	^{3–5,184,185}
Infection by helminths	Trichuris muris		⁷
Colitis	Acute 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)- or dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis	Chronic DSS- or azoxymethane (AOM)/DSS-induced colitis	^{20–23,186,187}
Autoimmune diseases		Experimental autoimmune encephalitis Cuprizone-induced demyelination Chronic kidney disease Type I diabetes	^{25,27,34,174,188,189}
Allergic diseases	Allergen-induced lung allergy/asthma, peanut-induced food allergy in mice		^10,12,13
Other inflammatory diseases	Spontaneous SCFA-induced urethritis in mice	Atherosclerosis	^145,160